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Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
Instagram improved its blocking tools.

When you block someone, you can now block all accounts they currently have (or may make in the future). Meta says this should lead to just a bit less manual blocking... like, say, 4 million fewer manual blocks per week.

Instagram’s word blocking feature is also getting updated to catch more intentional m1ssp3llings of words meant to avoid filtering. Plus, they’ll catch story replies now, too.

The black market for blue checksThe black market for blue checks
Shubham Agarwal
Mitchell Clark
Mitchell Clark
Who’s behind those deeply upsetting Facebook ads?

Forbes has done a deep-dive into the sometimes explicit and disturbing Facebook and Instagram ads for erotic fiction apps, and the connections those companies have to ByteDance and Tencent.

The piece also looks into how Meta’s failing to uphold its guidelines. Some of the examples in the report are very disturbing, and it’s hard to believe they were ever allowed to run.

How platforms turn boringHow platforms turn boring
Russell Brandom
Instagram is walking back its changes for now — Adam Mosseri explains why

Say goodbye to the TikTok-style feed and at least some of those recommendations

Casey Newton